Neen O'Malley, Bernardsville, New Jersey

Bernardsville

How pleasing to live in a township on 3-5 acre parcels, where mansions and manor houses, and even the newer colonials capture the ambience of the past, yet know that the community boasts an ample downtown business area where local merchants provide good friendly hometown service. Considered the commercial center of the Somerset Hills, Bernardsville maintains an ample downtown center which leads to a host of eclectic shops and restaurants where Route 202 ambles to Morristown.

Originally founded in the 1700’s as Vealtown, Bernardsville’s downtown still maintains many of its historical buildings. The current library has become so well-stocked that the township is now building a new one. The original library served as a tavern during the Revolutionary War. Word has it that the building is haunted by the innkeeper’s daughter. The municipal offices are lodged in an old stone mill, and the newspaper office started out as a Victorian railroad station.

Famous families like the Pfizers of the pharmaceutical company, the Roeblings who built the Brooklyn Bridge, architect George Post, and the Ballantines of brewery fame lived in the original estate colony and have some of the well traveled roads named after them.

Today, Bernardsville is the prime blend of suburban and rural living; housing includes apartment buildings, duplexes and town houses as well as single family dwellings, old and new.

In addition to serving the students of Bernardsville, the fine school system serves the elementary, middle and high school students of Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone and the high school students from Bedminster. The curriculum is well-rounded and fulfills the needs of a variety of pupils. An innovative Design and Technology Program has won a number of grants and prestigious awards. The sophisticated computer labs and the related curriculum have earned praise from members of the business community and have become a state prototype for technology education. Educators from around the country and the world have expressed interest in duplicating the curriculum in their own school systems.

Effectively linking the present with the past, Bernardsville offers charm, convenience and good old-fashioned small-town friendliness to those who call it home.

Kathleen "Neen" O'Malley, ABR, CRS, GRI, IC, SRES RE/MAX Classic Group 68 North Finley Avenue Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 Office: 908-766-9300 x 120 Evenings: 908-766-2784 Neen@neenomalley.com